hey guys! welcome back to the channel
and welcome to my first video of 2023
2022 was quite a big year for me
in terms of my career as an actor and a youtuber
I appeared in two of the biggest series of the year in Thailand for 2022
which were of course Cutie Pie
and KinnPorsche
and as a YouTuber at the beginning of 2022 I said this
we're getting really close to 200000 subscribers on YouTube
so my goal by the end of the year is to have 500000
yeah
and as of right now
I have 414000 subscribers
so I got pretty close
and actually I set that bar quite high
I honestly wasn't expecting to reach it
but I thought that it may be in the realm of possibility
and getting over 400k subscribers was a big milestone for me
if you asked me if in 2022 whether or not I gave YouTube my 100%
honestly
I'd say no
because...
I didn't
there were a lot of reasons for that
and one of the main ones was I would make excuses
and blame things like surroundings, work schedule or environment
but to be honest the problem was
me :)
who'd have thought? Instead of blaming things around me
I should've blamed myself
In 2022 I did a lot of self reflection about the person I am now
and the person I want to become
and I feel like the result of that process was really really positive
and for the first time in a long time I'm really looking forward to the upcoming year
it's actually already 2023 when I'm shooting this video
but I'm looking forward to 2023 and what it has in store for me
and also the person I'm going to become
I can't really explain why
it might be because for the first time in a long time I have clear goals
of what I want to achieve in 2023
and that's making me really excited
in this vidoe I thought it'd be fun to share with you guys my goals for 2023
because some of them involve this YouTube channel
then at the end of the year I can do a review of the year gone by
and see if I was able to achieve my goals or not
the first thing that I want to do
and is something I've been talking about for ages is
weekly YouTube uploads
up until now I haven't been able to do the weekly uploads
because of various reasons
some of them being me being lazy
but there were other reasons such as not being able to get editing done in time
or just putting too much pressure on myself
because for a while I'd overthink things too much until I wouldn't do anything at all
I'd be worried whether the video was a good idea or not
or I couldn't figure the way I wanted to shoot the video
I couldn't picture the sequence of shots in my head
or how I would create the video
and then I started getting worried that the video wouldn't come out well
and I felt like every video I made was such a big commitment of time and effort
and if it didn't do well then it'd be a big failure
now I've stopped thinking that way
and am 100% comitted to posting weekly content
and also for myself I'm just going to be making videos that I enjoy making
and that I also think you guys would enjoy as well
not that I haven't enjoyed making the videos up until now
I think from here on out there will be a larger variety of vidoes that I post
honestly no video that I post is going to be perfect anyway
whether the video deos well or not is not the most important thing
if the video does well then awesome
and if it doesn't do well then I can learn from it
and make sure that the next one is better
whether it be the editing
or the actual content of the video
so just to give you guys a preview of the content to come
I have a bunch of vlogs coming out soon
I've got a few vlogs from Tokyo
and a few vlogs from the time I spent in Perth over the Christmas holidays
I've got some more snack videos
and gameplay videos
some other content that I've been thinking about is ASMR content
at the moment I'm thinking of ASMR pokemon card openings
so, ASMR community if that's something you're interested in then please let me know
I'm also always open to suggestions from you guys
so if there's any content you'd like to see from me feel free to comment in any of my videos
funnily enough
well, it's not funny
I do read all the comments on my videos at least once
so let me know if you've got anything you want to suggest
I almost forgot to mention!
I will continue doing livestreams as well
so ideally I'll stream twice a week
once on the weekend and weekday
if you're a fan of my youtube channel but have never watched a livestream
I highly recommend it
so don't forget to turn on notifications if you don't want to miss a stream
apart from weekly content I also want to grow the channel in general
when setting goals it's important that the goals are measurable
so, my subscriber goal for 2023 is 700000 subscribers
quite high...
but I feel like it's not out of the realm of possibility
it's important to set goals that are both measurable and realistic
I feel like if I give YouTube my 100%
there is a reality in the multiverse
where my channel reaches 700k subscribers
onto number two
the next thing I want to achieve is getting in the best shape of my entire life
as in
my body
like with YouTube and the rest of my life I've become too confortable and complacent
I got to the point where I was lifting the same weight every single time
the weights were heavy but I wasn't making any progress
if I want to make progress in the gym and see changes in my body
I need to be doing progressive overload
which means more reps, weight or higher intensity
for the past month when I've been hitting the gym
I've been really concentrating and putting in a lot more effort into my lifts
and who'd have thought?
now I'm lifting more weight than before
and the other most important part of getting the body that I want
is diet
actually my diet is relatively clean
I don't eat a lot of junk food
but it could be a lot better
and I know I can achieve this because I used to be in pretty good shape
this is a picture of me when I was 23 years old
and I'd say I looked pretty damn good
I was a lot younger then and had a better metabolism than I do now
I'm a little bit more curvy than I used to be, a little more thick
especially around the waist and lower back area
I probably won't end up looking like that because my body has changed
but because I've done it before I know I can do it again
I'm going to show you guys what I look like now
so we can compare it in a video later
let me take my shirt off
this is what I look like now
this is me just standing normally
then if I tense my abs
kinda get a little bit more definition
obviously I'm not in bad shape at all
actually I'd say I'm in pretty decent shape
a healthy young male
but I just want to push myself harder because...
I like it
the reason I want to get in shape aside from the fact it makes me happy
there might be work in the future where I've got to take my shirt of and show my body
that's right guys
I'm going to be a professional stripper
nah I'm just joking
but when work comes in where you've got to show your body
the time you have from when you get the job until you have to do it
isn't enough time to get in shape
so it's better to be prepared at all times
just in case an awesome opportunity pops up
the third thing I want to achieve next year is
I want to become fluent in Japanese
most of you are aware that I can speak Japanese at a conversational level
I wouldn't say I'm bad
I wouldn't say I'm amazing
since I graduated university
I feel like my Japanese hasn't improved that much
and in some aspects it's actually gotten worse
especially my kanji
I've invested around 5-6 years of my life in to Japanese study
so I feel like it'd be a waste to stop and not keep improving
also in the future if I have the opportunity I'd love to work in Japan
and I just need to be ready for any opportunities that come my way
there is an examination for Japanese called JLPT
and there's N1, N2, N3, N4...
N1 is the highest level
if you can pass N1 which can be difficult for some Japanese people
then you're super good at Japanese
I'm not going for that
I'm going for N2 which is the second hardest
it's in July so I have 6 months to study and prepare
if I don't get it done in July
I'll do it in December
because the exam is only held twice a year which is quite inconvenient
but... what're you gonna do?
the fourth thing I want to do and I know I've been talking about it for ages
is merch!
I think it's been about two years since I started talking about making t-shirts
this is my promise to you
and I don't take the word promise lightly
this year will be the year where I have some merch out
the plan is the start with some t-shirts
see how they go and then continue from there
I can't make any commitments as to when the t-shirts will be available
but I'd love to have them out in the first half of the year
so please look forward to the merch drop coming soon
to a city near you
but I'll be sending them from Bangkok
still to your city
and the last thing that I want to do this year is
make a podcast
this is something I've been thinking about doing for a while
it's going to be around a 30 minute podcast
ideally weekly
but I don't want to put too much pressure on myself yet
it'll be a fun talking podcast
I'll probably talk about current events and funny happenings in my life for the first 20 mins
then I'll do some Q&A
you guys can send in questions and I'll answer them
and they can be funny or serious
haven't got a name for the podcast yet
that's something that I need to decide
I'll be posting the podcast on my YouTube channel (and other apps)
then if it grows maybe it'll have its own channel in the future
this isn't something I'm planning on doing straight away
I don't want to overload myself too quickly
because I know if I overload myself I wont get anything done
once I feel like I've got the YouTube process going smoothly
recording, editing and uploading videos
weekly
then I'll start working on the podcast
so these are my goals for 2023
I'm aiming high, I know that
these are quite big things
but to be honest if I don't achieve all of these things
it's not the end of the world
but for the mean time I'm going to aim high, work hard and continue on this self improvement journey
I feel like I've taken big steps in terms of self improvement
mentally
but I haven't actually started doing it yet
so this is the year where I'm going to implement everything and make some big progress in my life
I want to say a big thank you to everyone who's supported my channel over the past two years
and please continue to support the channel in 2023
if you want to
I have a lot of things planned
and by the way guys I am still an actor
YouTube isn't my entire life
but it is a big part of my life
but I am still an actor
just in case anyone was worried
omg is he not gonna be an actor anymore?
I'm still doing the acting thing
it's just how much I get done on YouTube and YouTube related things are all up to me
it's something that I'm in control of
whereas acting
you could be the best actor in the world
that doesn't mean that you're going to get jobs
there are a lot of factors that affect being a successful working actor
like I said before
at the end of the year we can review this vid and see if I did everything I set out to do
but for the mean time thank you watching today's video
and I'll see you in a video next week
because weekly uploads
see ya